This is an active open bug, but the current workaround is to run this command:
$ gsettings set org.gnome.Vino require-encryption false
Note: This command would be run on the computer that is the vnc server (ie, the one you are trying to connect to)
If you want to keep tabs on this bug, here is the link: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=987981
Friday, September 6, 2013
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Howto setup a share on Windows 7 and access it from Linux
WARNING: Setting up file sharing will make your computer less secure. Only do this if you know what the risks are.
You should only do this if you are on a LAN behind or with a firewall.
There are many ways to share files between computers. This howto will show you how to setup a folder on Windows 7 so that a Linux computer on the same LAN can access it with no password. This share can be accessed form other Windows computers too but I am unsure about Mac.
Setting up Windows 7:
Right-click on the folder you want to share and click on "Properties". Click on the "Sharing" tab and then on "Share..."
Add "Everyone" and then make sure it has Read/Write permissions like Homegroup does in the picture below:
Make sure "Share this folder" is ticked and then enter your share name. I called mine EliteShare.
Tick the "Full Control" box.
Search for "advanced sharing".
Click the drop-down arrow for your current network profile. Most likely it will be the one in the picture below:
Select "Turn off password protected sharing" and then click "Save changes"
Accessing from Linux:
To access the share on Linux simply open Nautilus and press Ctrl+L and then type in:
smb://ipaddress/sharename/
Here is an example:
smb://192.168.1.100/eliteshare/
Then press enter and start sharing!
You should only do this if you are on a LAN behind or with a firewall.
There are many ways to share files between computers. This howto will show you how to setup a folder on Windows 7 so that a Linux computer on the same LAN can access it with no password. This share can be accessed form other Windows computers too but I am unsure about Mac.
Setting up Windows 7:
Add "Everyone" and then make sure it has Read/Write permissions like Homegroup does in the picture below:
Tick the "Full Control" box.
Search for "advanced sharing".
Click the drop-down arrow for your current network profile. Most likely it will be the one in the picture below:
Select "Turn off password protected sharing" and then click "Save changes"
Accessing from Linux:
To access the share on Linux simply open Nautilus and press Ctrl+L and then type in:
smb://ipaddress/sharename/
Here is an example:
smb://192.168.1.100/eliteshare/
Then press enter and start sharing!
Monday, August 8, 2011
Flash running slow in Google Chrome
NOTE: This does not completely fix Chrome's slow flash performance issue. I have however noticed an performance improvement and have not noticed any flash slowdowns in Firefox when flash in running in both browsers side by side. I think the main issue is just that Firefox runs flash better and Chrome doesn't and Google needs to fix that. If anyone else knows how to make flash perform better on Chrome please leave a comment.
So I have noticed that flash games have been running slow in Chrome. So I did some research and found that a lot of other people have been having this problem too. I noticed that it usually happened worse when I had flash games running in Chrome and Firefox at the same time. Flash would go slow in Firefox too but not as bad. By slow I mean it would be fast for awhile and then start getting slower and slower until I finally had to restart the game to get it to run smooth again. Slow, as in sluggish not as in it takes the game a long time to load. That is just slow internet speeds.
So I think the problem is that Firefox and Chrome are both using the same flash plugin. The one you downloaded for Firefox to use. And I think the problem when Chrome is just running by it's self is that it is not using its integrated flash plugin. To get Chrome to use its own flash plugin (the one Google integrated with it) do this:
Disable the other one ;).
Note: I am running Google Chrome 13 and the latest version of Flash.
So I have noticed that flash games have been running slow in Chrome. So I did some research and found that a lot of other people have been having this problem too. I noticed that it usually happened worse when I had flash games running in Chrome and Firefox at the same time. Flash would go slow in Firefox too but not as bad. By slow I mean it would be fast for awhile and then start getting slower and slower until I finally had to restart the game to get it to run smooth again. Slow, as in sluggish not as in it takes the game a long time to load. That is just slow internet speeds.
So I think the problem is that Firefox and Chrome are both using the same flash plugin. The one you downloaded for Firefox to use. And I think the problem when Chrome is just running by it's self is that it is not using its integrated flash plugin. To get Chrome to use its own flash plugin (the one Google integrated with it) do this:
- In Chrome go to about:plugins (type it in the address bar and hit enter)
- Look in the plugin list for Flash. It should say "(2 files)" next to it.
- Once you find it (it's at the very top for me) go to the top-right corner of the page and click "Details"
- Now it should show two shockwave flash plugins. Disable the one with the location: "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Macromed\Flash\NPSWF32.dll"
Now this if for Windows 7. On different versions of Windows, Mac and Linux (I have not had this problem on Linux) the location will be different. So just disable the one that does not have the word "chrome" somewhere in its location.
Here is an example:
C:\Users\Username\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\Application\13.0.782.107\gcswf32.dllDisable the other one ;).
Note: I am running Google Chrome 13 and the latest version of Flash.
Saturday, August 6, 2011
The Fedora Gnome!
Well its been a long time since I have posted something. In that time a lot of stuff has been going on (basically just life) ;). Well one of the things I did was make a YouTube channel called The Fedora Gnome. So I have decided that that is the new howto name I will go by. I am no longer the Howto Fedora Guy, I am now
The Fedora Gnome!
So since I changed my howto guy name I have also changed this blogs name from Howto Fedora to The Fedora Gnome and the url from howtofedoraguy.blogspot.com to fedoragnome.blogspot.com.
I have also changed the fact that I used to only do howtos for Linux. Now I will do howtos for most tech stuff and maybe every once in awhile I will do non-tech howtos too.
So now that I have a YouTube channel I will now be doing howto videos and blog posts. I can't tell you how often I will be posting howtos (videos or blog posts) because I have life to deal with ;) but I can tell you that I will work on not trying to sound weird in my YouTube videos. You know I just have to get a little more comfortable talking to Mr. Microphone, I am a little shy when I am around him ;). (Ya you can tell I am paranoid. I think I sound weird even when everyone else says I don't. And I am afraid of germs. I am like a mild version of Monk except not as rude.)
Oh ya, I almost forgot. Here is my YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/TheFedoraGnome.
The Fedora Gnome!
So since I changed my howto guy name I have also changed this blogs name from Howto Fedora to The Fedora Gnome and the url from howtofedoraguy.blogspot.com to fedoragnome.blogspot.com.
I have also changed the fact that I used to only do howtos for Linux. Now I will do howtos for most tech stuff and maybe every once in awhile I will do non-tech howtos too.
So now that I have a YouTube channel I will now be doing howto videos and blog posts. I can't tell you how often I will be posting howtos (videos or blog posts) because I have life to deal with ;) but I can tell you that I will work on not trying to sound weird in my YouTube videos. You know I just have to get a little more comfortable talking to Mr. Microphone, I am a little shy when I am around him ;). (Ya you can tell I am paranoid. I think I sound weird even when everyone else says I don't. And I am afraid of germs. I am like a mild version of Monk except not as rude.)
Oh ya, I almost forgot. Here is my YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/TheFedoraGnome.
Thursday, September 2, 2010
How to install Firefox from Mozilla.com (from source)
Has a new version of Firefox came out and you really wanted to use it but you had to wait for it to finally make its way into the Fedora repos? So you decided to go to mozilla.com and download it from there but after you download it you have no idea what to do with it!
Well this is how to install it.
First go to the folder you downloaded Firefox to.
Right-click on the downloaded file and click "Extract Here".
Now in the extracted folder there will be a file called "firefox" double-click on it and Firefox will start!
But if your like me you wouldn't just want a folder called firefox laying around.
You also wouldn't want to have to go to that folder every time you wanted to start Firefox.
So this is howto fix that.
Open a terminal and cd to the directory that you extracted Firefox in.
If that was your Downloads folder then enter in the terminal:
cd Downloads
Now become root by entering:
su
and enter the root password
Now enter:
mv firefox /opt
Now the Firefox folder is out of the way. But now you need to make a launcher.
To do that you right-click on your desktop and click "Create Launcher".
Now in the Name field type Firefox
and in the Command field type:
/opt/firefox/firefox
Now click OK
Now you have created your launcher.
You can drag it to the Gnome panel if you want.
What?! You want a launcher in the menu too? Fine.
To make a launcher in the Applications menu you have to be able to edit the gnome-menu.
In Fedora 12 they disabled being able to edit the gnome-menu by default so you will have to enable it by installing the menu editing package. To do that enter this as root in a terminal:
yum install alacarte
After the package is installed go to System > Preferences > Main Menu.
Click on Internet in the left pane and then click "New Item".
Now in the Name field put Firefox x. In the place of the "x" you can put whatever you want, just put something so you can tell the difference between the Firefox that came preinstalled with Fedora and the one you just installed.
And in the Command field put the same as before.
Now click OK and your done!
NOTE: Technically the package you downloaded from mozilla.com is not "source" as someone has pointed out to me. It's called pre-compiled binaries. So if you wanted to install Firefox from "source" then you will have to find out how to do it from somewhere else because I have no idea how to do it and I hear that you would be better off gouging your eyes then trying to do it (that might be exaggerating just a little ;). But if for whatever reason you really do want to build Firefox from source then here are the instructions on mozillas site: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/build_documentation
Well this is how to install it.
First go to the folder you downloaded Firefox to.
Right-click on the downloaded file and click "Extract Here".
Now in the extracted folder there will be a file called "firefox" double-click on it and Firefox will start!
But if your like me you wouldn't just want a folder called firefox laying around.
You also wouldn't want to have to go to that folder every time you wanted to start Firefox.
So this is howto fix that.
Open a terminal and cd to the directory that you extracted Firefox in.
If that was your Downloads folder then enter in the terminal:
cd Downloads
Now become root by entering:
su
and enter the root password
Now enter:
mv firefox /opt
Now the Firefox folder is out of the way. But now you need to make a launcher.
To do that you right-click on your desktop and click "Create Launcher".
Now in the Name field type Firefox
and in the Command field type:
/opt/firefox/firefox
Now click OK
Now you have created your launcher.
You can drag it to the Gnome panel if you want.
What?! You want a launcher in the menu too? Fine.
To make a launcher in the Applications menu you have to be able to edit the gnome-menu.
In Fedora 12 they disabled being able to edit the gnome-menu by default so you will have to enable it by installing the menu editing package. To do that enter this as root in a terminal:
yum install alacarte
After the package is installed go to System > Preferences > Main Menu.
Click on Internet in the left pane and then click "New Item".
Now in the Name field put Firefox x. In the place of the "x" you can put whatever you want, just put something so you can tell the difference between the Firefox that came preinstalled with Fedora and the one you just installed.
And in the Command field put the same as before.
Now click OK and your done!
NOTE: Technically the package you downloaded from mozilla.com is not "source" as someone has pointed out to me. It's called pre-compiled binaries. So if you wanted to install Firefox from "source" then you will have to find out how to do it from somewhere else because I have no idea how to do it and I hear that you would be better off gouging your eyes then trying to do it (that might be exaggerating just a little ;). But if for whatever reason you really do want to build Firefox from source then here are the instructions on mozillas site: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/build_documentation
Sunday, August 29, 2010
How to install RPM Fusion
RPM Fusion is a repository that has packages that Fedora does not ship in there own repository.
To install RPM Fusion enter this into a terminal:
su -c 'rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm'
Now your done, RPM Fusion is installed
To install RPM Fusion enter this into a terminal:
su -c 'rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm'
Type in the root password and hit enter. Now RPM Fusion will install.
Now your done, RPM Fusion is installed
How to enable Restart X server shortcut (Ctrl+Alt+Backspace)
Back in Fedora 11 they disabled the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace shortcut that restarted the X server. Some people liked this because they would always hit it by accident and that would restart the X server and it would mess things up if they were in the middle of something. But some other people didn't like this because they used Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to restart X when there programs froze.
So if you are from the first group of people then your ok,
But if you are from the second then this is how to enable it.
First go to System > Preferences > Keyboard
Then click on the "Layouts" tab
Click on "Options"
And this window will appear:
Click on the drop down arrow of "Key sequence to kill the X server"
And check the checkbox "Control + Alt + Backspace"
And there you go now when you press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace it will restart the X server
So if you are from the first group of people then your ok,
But if you are from the second then this is how to enable it.
First go to System > Preferences > Keyboard
Then click on the "Layouts" tab
Click on "Options"
And this window will appear:
Click on the drop down arrow of "Key sequence to kill the X server"
And check the checkbox "Control + Alt + Backspace"
And there you go now when you press Ctrl+Alt+Backspace it will restart the X server
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